Oil sheen in the Gulf of Mexico, as seen on Sept. 21, 2012. (NOAA photo) In September an oil sheen about four miles long had appeared in the Gulf of Mexico near the Deep Water Horizon well site. The sheen was originally spotted on a satellite image from BP. That oil from the sheen matches . . . → Read More: Mystery Sheen Near Deep Water Horizon Site
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By Dr. M, on  January 1st, 2013  Leave a comment  Conservation & Environment, Oil Spills  BP, Deepwater Horizon, Gulf of Mexio, Oil Spill By Miriam Goldstein, on August 29th, 2012 12 comments Oil Spills, The Basics Caribbean, Curacao, ecosystem services, Kristen Marhaver, mangroves, Oil Spill This is a guest post from Dr. Kristen Marhaver. Kristen is a Postdoctoral Scholar at the University of California at Merced, who lives full-time and studies coral reefs on the Caribbean island of Curaçao. She is an occasional blogger, frequent photographer, and a 2012 TEDGlobal Fellow. After seeing her grim photos of the Curaçao oil . . . → Read More: Guest Post: Crude oil insults in the Caribbean
By Dr Bik, on July 18th, 2012 4 comments Conservation & Environment, New Research, Oil Spills, Uncategorized BP, Deepwater Horizon, Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana, Oil Spill, salt marsh Another oil spill study hot off the presses! This new Silliman et al. PNAS paper is looking at the effects of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill on heavily-impacted salt marsh ecosystems around Barataria Bay, Louisiana. In contrast to our own badass study looking at oil impacts on sandy Gulf Coast beaches, marshlands provide a . . . → Read More: Gulf oil spill suffocated marsh grasses, enhanced erosion
By Dr Bik, on June 6th, 2012 11 comments Conservation & Environment, Ecology, Microbes, New Research, Oil Spills, Organisms, Uncategorized 18S rRNA, Community Ecology, Deepwater Horizon, DNA Barcoding, Fungi, Gulf of Mexico, high-throughput sequencing, Meiofauna, metagenomics, nematodes, Oil Spill, plos one Ironically enough, I was at a meeting about oil spills when the Macondo well blew. The “Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) in Arctic waters” workshop brought scientists and industry contacts together to discuss the challenges and consequences of petroleum-related accidents in fragile polar habitats. I remember the BP executives had to step out to deal . . . → Read More: Dramatic impacts on beach microbial communities following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
By Dr Bik, on June 4th, 2012 10 comments Conservation & Environment, Industry & Government, Oil Spills BP, Deepwater Horizon, Gulf of Mexico, Oil Spill, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute If you haven’t read the Boston Globe Op-Ed, you must. Chris Reddy and Richard Camilli (oil spill research rockstars at Wood’s Hole) yesterday revealed information that made me feel physically ill: Late last week, we reluctantly handed over more than 3,000 confidential e-mails to BP, as part of a subpoena from the oil company demanding . . . → Read More: BP’s email subpoenas threaten to erode the scientific deliberative process
By Miriam Goldstein, on April 24th, 2012 Leave a comment Oil Spills BP, Deepwater Horizon, Gulf of Mexico, Oil Spill Last Friday was the 2 year anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. The ramifications of the vast amount of oil and dispersant polluting the Gulf are still becoming clear, but the problem hasn’t gone away, nor is it likely to. The New Orleans Times-Picayune rounded up official statements from . . . → Read More: BP oil spill 2-year anniversary: link roundup
By Dr Bik, on November 10th, 2011 2 comments Oil Spills BP, Deepwater Horizon, dispersants, Gulf of Mexico, Oil Spill An e-mail just made me shout a barrage of expletives. In a good way. Some poor intern at Marine Science Review is probably wailing in the hospital, clenching his eye sockets in pain after trawling Google Scholar for 3 days straight. The science division at Sea Web have put together what looks to be the . . . → Read More: Holy Link Fest, Batman! My cup runneth over with oil spill literature
By Kevin Zelnio, on November 3rd, 2011 Leave a comment Industry & Government, Oil Spills BP, Deepwater Horizon, dolphins, Drilling, Macondo, Oil Spill Dear British Petroleum, WTF I hear you wanna be called Beyond Petroleum, now? Do you think you’re some kind of rap star or something?? Haha! Whatevs, let’s just go by our ole grade school nickname for you, BP. I know its been a while since I last wrote. It’s not like I was neglecting you . . . → Read More: Open Letter to My Bros at British Petroleum
By Kevin Zelnio, on October 19th, 2011 Leave a comment Conservation & Environment, Gadgets & Gear, Industry & Government, Oil Spills BP, Deepwater Horizon, elastec, Gulf of Mexico, NPR, oil, oil skimmer, Oil Spill, X Prize Story at NPR: A breakthrough in oil cleanup technology allows crews to skim spilled oil off the water’s surface at a much faster rate. The new device wasn’t developed by Exxon, BP or any of the major oil companies — it’s the work of Elastec/American Marine, based in Illinois. And the design won the . . . → Read More: New Oil Skimmer Design Wins X-Prize
By Dr Bik, on October 11th, 2011 3 comments Oil Spills BP, Deepwater Horizon, Gulf of Mexico, Oil Spill BP still has to pay the government for that little slip-up that happened last year. The Clean Water Act imposes punitive damages for any act of pollution carried out in US waters, with fines proportional to the magnitude of the environmental impact. For oil spills, damages are calculated according to the amount of hydrocarbons leaked . . . → Read More: Divvying up BP’s fine for restoration in the Gulf
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